Abstract
Diabetes is the most common chronic disease worldwide. Although many serious complications can affect the individual with diabetes, foot problems take the greatest. This is an interventional quasi-experimental hospital-based study was conduct in King Fahd General Hospital in Jeddah, king of Saudi Arabia aimed at assessing the effective of health education program in knowledge, attitudes and practice of diabetic septic foot patient to prevent foot ulcer. Sixty diabetic ulcers patients were participating in this study during the period of the study from July 2018 to July 2021. The data was collected by using a questionnaire. The data was analyzed by using statistical package for social sciences (SPSS). The study results evident that the percentage of knowledge regarding diabetic septic foot patient to prevent foot ulcer for all items of diabetic septic foot care, were improved after the training program. The results of study regarding knowledge of patients to cause of diabetic foot ulcers were highly increased in percentages in post-intervention compared to pre-intervention. The results regarding education of risk factors of diabetic patients were increased in percentage in post-intervention compared to pre-intervention in education program for correct questions, but for incorrect it decreased also same results were presented in surgical management. The study concluded that there was significant improvement in patients’ knowledge attitude and practice regarding diabetic septic foot care after the education program. So the study recommended that continuing education program for diabetic septic foot patients is very important, learning facilities (books, Journals) about diabetic septic foot care should be available at hospitals
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